Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 16)

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Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 16)

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a logic whereby the Palestinian revolution would abandon its
basic revolutionary principles, and the Lebanese would deal
with a regime which is the result of the Israeli occupation and
US intervention.
Then there was a historical victory and the May 17th trea-
ty was cancelled. One year earlier, no one had expected this to
happen so quickly. This victory was achieved with the help of
two major factors: One, the firm Syrian stand against this trea-
ty and support to the Lebanese nationalist forces; two, the
heroic participation of the revolutionary Palestinian organiza-
tions who fought side by side with the heroes of the Lebanese
National Resistance Front against occupation.
Support to the democratic alliance
We affirm our support to the approach which aims at
restoring the PLO to its vanguard position in the struggle of the
Arab liberation movement. This approach is basically rep-
resented by the positions of the PFLP, and affirmed in the com-
mon stands of the PFLP-DFLP Joint Leadership and the four-
party democratic alliance (including also the PLF and the
PCP).
At the same time, we highly evaluate the stands of the
other Palestinian organizations which faced the deviating
methods inside and outside Fatah; we note their concern for
the Palestinian people's rights. | am referring to the four-party
bloc of PFLP-General Command, Saiqa, the Popular Struggle
Front and Fatah- the Uprising.
We view positively talks with all the forces that have a rep-
resentative weight, that can lead to a joint stand capable of
resolving the crisis of the Palestinian revolution. Here | mean
Fatah’s Central Committee.
We hope for the success of the present negotiations on
the basis that was agreed upon by the Joint Leadership in the
Aden meetings.
In the framework of the Arab national liberation move-
ment, we see it as a central duty to support the Palestinian
revolution’s resolving its crisis. Without this, we will not be able
to consolidate the victory in Lebanon or spread its results on
the Arab level, so that we can strengthen the position of the
forces that participated in achieving this victory, mainly Syria
and the other nationalist regimes.
Lebanon
It is not true that there is no room or no need for the fighters
of the Palestinian revolution in Lebanon. Lebanon is the place
for every revolutionary Arab struggler, especially the Palesti-
nians. We in the Lebanese Communist Party are far removed
from a weak provincial outlook. Concerning the victory in Leba-
non, we do not call this the victory of Lebanon. This victory was
the result of the common struggle of the Lebanese masses,
their progressive forces, the Palestinian masses, their true
revolutionary forces, and progressive Syrian Arab support. It
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represents a victory for the entire Arab liberation movement.
Moreover, this victory would never have been achieved with-
out the firm stand of the socialist community, headed by the
Soviet Union.
Correct principles for Palestinian-Lebanese
relations
First: The victory achieved in Lebanon is a Palestinian vic-
tory. It provided a major part of Lebanon as an area for the
Palestinian people’s struggle for their national rights. This must
be supported by actions which guarantee liberating all parts of
Lebanon and channeling all its human, material and geog-
raphic potentials into the common national struggle against
Israeli aggression.
Second: The Palestinians in Lebanon, like the nationalist
Lebanese, should be organized and carry arms to defend the
Lebanese land and fight the Zionist occupation. This should be
according to a plan agreed upon; it should be under Lebanese
nationalist leadership, taking into consideration the nature of
the struggle in Lebanon.
Third: The right of the Palestinian people and revolution to
use Lebanese territory, like their right to use any other Arab ter-
ritory, to support the uprisings and armed struggle in Palestine.
This must be discussed in order to arrive at the methods for
best developing the Palestinian revolution and its alliances in
Lebanon and the other Arab countries.
Comrade Hawi called for avoiding parades (meaningless
displays of armed force) and taking as an example the Askelon
and Jerusalem operations which do not require big offices or
heavily armed vehicles. In this connection, he noted the experi-
ence of the Lebanese National Resistance Front. He con-
cluded that whatever helps developing the Palestinian revolu-
tion’s struggle in Palestine is permissible in Lebanon; anything
that hinders this should be prohibited in Lebanon through a
revolutionary Palestinian leadership decision.
A military blow to the fascists is a must
We have no illusions about the possibility of achieving a
solution, even a temporary one, for the Lebanese crisis within
the present balance of forces. Yet this does not mean that we
withhold support from the efforts to find a solution.
If the enemy forces are not confronted by the needed deci-
siveness, they will block a solution. The settlement must pro-
ceed from two principles: First, continued pressure at every
opportunity and by all means, to oblige the political authorities
to accept a political solution which guarantees the fundamen-
tals for bringing the country to a democratic dialogue; second,
preparations on the part of the nationalist and progressive
forces to wage a military operation to deprive the fascist forces
of the positions that allow them to continue their sabotage.
Such a military blow is inevitable in order to impose the retreat
of the fascist forces and make room for a real solution. @

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